Doodle 4 Google

http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

WEBSITES FOR BLOGGING AND WIKIS

COOL WEBSITES FROM and FOR “Techy” ENGLISH TEACHERS
The World of Blogs and Wikis

http://www.webenglishteacher.com
A must see site if you a planning an English teacher blog

http://www.inkprovoking.com/
A creative writing prompt that could be used as a weekly prompt. Updated every Monday and Friday.

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech042.shtml
Encouraging student to publish on the web.

http://www.suelebeau.com/writingprocess.htm
The Writing Process Websites compiled by Sue Lebeau – k-12.

http://escrapbooking.com/blogging/index.htm

Some blogging basics

English teacher examples:

http://yourenglishclass.com/
English teach and journalism advisor, learning to us blog.

http://hipteacher.typepad.com/
Be sure to check out her Schoolish Links (left side) for resources about blogging and examples

http://timlauer.org/about/
A middle school principal – check it out – he makes note to himself about technology and how it can be used with teacher and students

http://blogs.botw.org/Reference/Education/Teachers/
Best of the web blogs by teachers

http://blogs.enotes.com/english-teacher-blog/
This teacher is a certified Google Educator. English teacher with great ideas – note his categories to the right.

http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/438-Technology-Infusion-into-Curriculum.html
A very sophisticated blog. Here is his who I am and what I did:
Who I am: Chris Lehmann
What I do: Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA (Opening 9/06).
What I did: Technology Coordinator / English Teacher / Girls Basketball Coach / Ultimate Coach at the Beacon School, a fantastic progressive public high school in Manhattan.

http://www.englishteacherjohn.com/
check this one out for pod-casting information. Check out his about me:
Ten years as an English teacher, in India and Japan. Many years in Dharamsala, north India, teaching English and computer skills to Tibetan refugees. More than 15 years in the computer field; programming, accounting systems, project management and consulting. My family has had a steel business (about 50 employees) since 1935 and I have served it in many ways.

Wikki’s

Why a Wikki instead of a Blog?

Blogs are great for one-to-many communication, such as one person writing about personal finance.Forums are good for letting many users ask questions and letting many people answer. Wikis are excellent for collaboration. If you want to let students collaborate, add files, suggest links, and create a document that's comprehensive and up-to-date, use a wiki.
Is it Safe?
Yes. Choose whether to mark your wiki public or private with one click. (Either way, a password is always required to edit, so outsiders can't change your wiki without permission.) And since educational PBwikis are ad-free, your students won't click through to other sites unless you explicitly add links.

http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki
Site for creating a wikki

http://huffenglish.pbwiki.com/


http://www.huffenglish.com/


AND HERE’S ANOTHER IDEA escrapbooking

http://escrapbooking.com/index.html
and here’s their page with information about blogging. http://escrapbooking.com/index.html


Technology Tutorials for Teachers
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic76.htm


Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning
http://eduscapes.com/tap/tap2.htm